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September 26, 2012Featured, FeaturesComments Off on We are family: GPC hosts weekend of events for students’ families

» By Tiffany Comer –tcomer@my.apsu.edu APSU’s “Family Weekend” is an event many students and their families look forward to every year. The three-day event is about getting parents of APSU students involved with their children’s university and getting the children of APSU student’s and faculty involved with the place where ...

September 26, 2012FeaturesComments Off on Students, faculty, staff take time out to ‘Run at Work’

» By Denzel Baxter –dbaxter2@my.apsu.edu Most people agree health is an important part of living. However, many also feel consistent exercise regimens have declined in recent years. This is why Lauren Wilkinson, assistant director of services at University Recreation, started APSU’s chapter of Run @ Work Day three years ago ...

September 26, 2012FeaturesComments Off on Social Work Club ‘lights up the night’

» By Tiffany Comer –tcomer@my.apsu.edu Over the summer, the Social Work Club decided to collaborate with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night” walk. Each year the Social Work Club chooses a special project. The “Light the Night” walk will take place at Nashville’s LP Field Friday, Oct. 12, at ...

September 26, 2012FeaturesComments Off on Latino stereotypes attacked in ‘Yo Soy Latina’ production

» By Linda Sapp –lsapp@my.apsu.edu According to Daisy Torres, Coordinator of the Hispanic Cultural Center, the play “Yo Soy Latina,” was only one part of this month’s diversity series. Both Cultural Heritage month and “Yo Soy Latina” strive to offer different perspectives of what it means to be Latino. Torres ...

September 19, 2012Featured, FeaturesComments Off on Former students ‘get hands dirty’

» Staff Report “I love nothing more than getting my hands in some clay and teaching others how to make things out of mud,” said former student Ashley Scriven. In December 2011, Scriven and fellow former art student Monica Bernette bought the pottery studio Trenton Clayworks from Ken Shipley. Shipley ...

» By Tiffany Comer –tcomer@my.apsu.edu “Stop having sex in the dark.” Sex in the dark can be dangerous, because you cannot see if there are rips in your condom, you cannot see if you put your condom on right and you cannot easily see the expiration date on the condom. ...